Improvement in bale-hoop strainer



UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

EDWD. A. FIELD, 0F SIDNEY, MAINE.

IMPROVEM ENT iN BALE-HOOP STRAINER.

Speeiieation forming pnrt of Letters lntent No. 50,925, dated November14, 1865.

To all whom it may comer-n: i being nailed to the boards or stavesemployed Beit known that L'EDWARD A. FIELD, of in keeping the haytogether. Sidney, in the countyot Kennebee and State ,In using thearticle its holding-bar B is to of Maine, have invented n, new anduseful or be brought np zigninst the side-ot' the hele or ,ImprovedBale-Hoop StreineI^;midItlo hereby against the sinne :ind the hay-presswhile the i declare the same to be fully described in the bale may betherein, and one end ot' the hoop following'specification undrepresented in the should be passed through the hole b, theleveraccompanying drawings, ot' whiehbeing trstduly raised toreeeive thehoop. O11 Figure l is e top view, Fig. 2 a. side elevadepressing thelever the jew will elmnp the tion, Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, andFig. 4. hoop to the passage, so as to enablethe lever e front view, ot'it. l to drew the hoop tightly around the bale. The ln the seiddra\\'ings, A denotes :i lever,cushioning-bleekwilloperatetopreventbreale which is hinged et one end to:t holding-bar, age oftheiibers oft-he hoop et its bend into the l-.provided at its foot with spurs projecting passage Z. from it, es shownet a. a. The seid lever has I claime hole er pits-sage, l), nitidethrough it,and fur- 1. The bale-hoop str-.liner composed ot' the nisiiedwith :t movable jew, c, which is ar holding-har B, the leverA, thepassage b, and ranged in the lever und with respect to the the jaw c,nrrangedend applied together subsnid parse-nge in manner :is shown inFigs. 2 stentially :1s described. sind 3, the seidjew being hinged etitsreareud 2. The combination ot' the eushioningbloek to the lever. Acushioning-block, d, rounded d, the lever A, the passage b, the jew c,and A on its upper snrl'uee, ns shown in Figs 2 and the holding-bar B,the whole being arranged 3, is fixed on the upper side of the lever andto operate substantially in manner and for the against the front sideot' the hole or passage b. purpose as speeilied. The baile-hoop strainerso made is designed 7Witnesses: EDWARD A. FIELD.

` to be used for the purpose of strainingehoop R. H. EDDY, y around :ibale of hayprepttrzitory to sueh hoop F. P. HALE, J r.

